Vehicle-signal.



H. J. HOGAN. VEHECLE SIGNAL. m'ucmon FILED All-13. m1.

1,253,689. 'Patenmd Jan. 15, 1918.

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Mu mam H. J. HOGAN. VEHICLE SIGNAL} APPLlCkTION FILE/DJAN. 1;. m2.

Patented Jan. is, 1918 2 SHEETS-*SHEETZ- HERBERT J'. HOQAN, OF FLINT, MICHJEGAN.

VEHICLE-SIGNAL.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT J. HOGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing Six Hundred. Ten (610) East Fifth ave, in the city of Flint, in the county of Genesee and Stateof Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Signals;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in signaling devices, more particularly adapted to be used upon vehicles such as automobiles, trucks and the like. I

One of the objects of my invention is to provide suitable and convenient signaling means for warning persons, such as traiiic oificers, pedestrians and drivers of other vehicles of the intention of the driver employ ing my deviceto vention itself will probably turn or stop, or.to ma neuver otherwise. Ialso aimto produce a device which can be readily detached from its mounting and used for other signaling purposes. I also aim to provide such means as can be mounted in a position where it will be very convenient to the driver, and which, when not in use, will be retired, preferably automatically, to a position where it is litthe liable to be injured or destroyed. I i

" Other objects of my invention and the inbe better understood from a description of an embodiment members 22 and 22',

of my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of .my invention. Fi 2 is a top plan view of the embodiment s own in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the supporting bracket. Fig. 4: is a side elevation showing the device in retired posltion. Fig. 5 1s a section through the line V-V of Fig. 2.

.Reterring now to particular embodiment, of the invention .hown. therein, at 1 is shown a supporting bracket provided with a base 20, which is rforated in several places, Bl and through which the apparatus is attached by means of screws or other suitable fastening means to some part of the vehicle, such as the side of an automobile body. The bracket is provided with a pair of upright each provided with a perforation near the top thereof, through which the part 6 is. pivoted by means of a bolt 24, or other suitable means.

Specification of Letters Patent.

the drawing and to the as indicated at Patented J an. 15, 1918.

Application filed January 13, 1917. Serial No. 142394.

The swinging parts are shown generally at i 6 and in the embodiment shown consist of a longitudinal hollow member 6, preferably shown tubular in shape, pivoted between its ends to'the bracket in such a position; that it will normally tend to assume the vertical position shown in Fig. 4. Meansare provided on one end to support a lamp. These means here shown consist. of. wings 26,26 preferably integral with the tubularmember 6' and flared outwardly from their connec tion with said member. I

The signal frame is shown here consists of a cylindrical body portion 28 with flared edges 29, in which the lenses 30 are mounted, and retained therein by a coiled wire spring member 8 and in-turned edge 23 on the flared portions. 29. The lamp is shown at 7 supported in a connecting link 3, which passes through an opening in the cylindrical body 27. The connecting. link is,

fitted in a socket 34, to which electrical conductors 5 are connected. These conductors at 27, and i socket may be connected troller 8, here shown as a, ush. button mounted on the opposite end 0 vthe tube. ,6. I contemplate the use of any suitable form of push button, though I prefer .a push button of the mushroom or umbrella type, whose overhanging edge comes over the edges of the ends of the tube. This button may beconnccted to the tube by any suitable means, such as screws. The conductorslead to a battery 41 for supplying current for the lamp. I have here shown a battery, any suitable source of current may be employed. I

At 10 is shown suitable means for maintaining a tension on the swinging parts of though V the device wlicnlin vertical position to milihook 44 which passes through an opening. 45

in. the base 20 of the bracket.

When not being used, the apparatus is in the position shown in Fig, 4, where it will be-out of the way of the driver and practically out it danger of being ii'ijured. Vhen it is desired toindicate some intended maneuver of the automobile, the driver grasps the inner end of the device and swings it to a li rizontal position, or a position approaching the horizontal, at the same time operating the push button 8, which closes the circuit of the lamp signal, giving a signal to the party the driver desires to signal. Obviously, the driver .may, if he so desires, by properly In nipulating the push button, cfi'ect a fiashingi'or inter-mitten sig nal. It is also obvious that under certain conditions the signals may be effected by means of the apparatus of my invention Without lighting the lamp at an. This may be done under some circumstances in the day time. The wings 26 may be connected to the lamp frame in any suitable manner, such as 1y brazing or soldering the ends thereof to the lamp frame. A lamp of any suitable amperage or voltage may be employed at 7. I have here shown a double contact lamp, though a single contact lamp may be our ployed. I prefer touse red lenses though any desired kind may be employed.

have shown this embodiment of my in vention and the details employed thereiii for the purpose of better describing the invention, and not that I wish to be limited ,to such embodiment or details, as it will he apparentto those skilled in the art that many departures may be made both from the details and from the particular embodiment without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim 1. In combination, a supporting bracket adapted to be connected to the body of a vehicle, 'a hollow member and means to pivot the same in the bracket intermediate its ends permitting it to be swung in a vertical plane, a lamp casing supported on one end of said hollow member, wings connected to the lamp ca 'n and at the other end to the hollow member connecting said casing to said hollow member, lenses in said casing, a lamp in said casing, an interconnecting member passing through the casing connected at one end to the lamp. a lamp socket without the casing connected at the other end to the interconnecting member. a circuit controller comprising contacts all mounted on the other end of the both v member, a suitable source ofccurrent, conductors in the hollow mf'nber connecting the lamp, the circuit controller and the source of current and a spring connected at one -end to the 1101 low member and at the other end to the bracket.

I i I 2. In combination, a supporting bracket at one end controller adapted to be mounted on a portion of the body of a vehicle, a swingil'ig member pivoted in said bracket to swing in a vertical plane provided with an inboard and an outboard and, a. signal on the out-board end of the swinging member and ling device on the iii-board end of said member,

In combination, a adapted to be connected of vehicle, a swinging member pivoted in said bracket, a signal on one end of said swinging member, a signal controlling device carried by and mounted on theother end of the swinging member and a spring connected to the swinging member and the bracket.

4. In combination, a supporting bracket adapted to be connected to the body of a vehicle, a swinging member pivoted in said bracket normal] Y in a vertical position and adapted to be swung in a vertical plane to a horizontal position, means connecting said member and said bracket to militate against the shaking or rattling of the swinging mem her, a signal controlling device all of whose parts swinging member, and a signal on the outboard end of the swinging member con trolled by said controlling device.

In combination, a supporting bracket adapted to be connected to the top of a car door, a he'll-52 v member and means to pivot said member to said bracket intermediate its ends permitting it to be retained normally in a substantially vertical position and to be swung to a horizontal position, a lamp casing supported on one end of said hollow member, a pair of wings eac h connected at one end to the lamp casing and at the other to the hollow member, lenses in said casing, a lajn'lp in said casing, a lamp socket, an inteibconneeting member casing, to one end of which the lamp isconnecteilf and to the other end of which the lamp socket is connected. electrical terns-- nals on said interconnecting member, c0nductors-in said interconnecting member electricallyconnecting the terminals of the lamp and the terminals on said member, a. circuit on the other end of said hollow member accessible at all times to one sitting adjacent tliecar door on which said member is mounted, a source of current, conductors connecting the terminals on said interconnecting member, said source and said circuit controller, and a spring connected at one end to the hollow member and at the other to supporting bracket to the body portion a '-'ignal-control-- are mounted on and carried by said JRSSlII throu h the h C the bracket and always tending to return 

